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> f <br />Request for Council Action continued <br />Page 2 <br />June 22,2000 <br />#2555 Hennepin County__________ <br />deliveries of dry salt and sand mix are required because they have limited indoor storage. With an <br />enclosed building, they could stockpile the mix and accept deliveries during the daytime hours. <br />Existing use of Property: <br />The property has been used as a County Highway maintenance facility since at least 1962, the time <br />the original building was constructed. In 1962 the zoning of the property was for conmiercial <br />purposes, since the property was rezoned to LR-1C. Because the use of the property has not changed <br />since the rezoning, the facility has been allowed to exist as a legal non-conforming use. The facility <br />is used primarily for winter road maintenance, with a coverage area for this facility from County <br />Road 15 between Mound and Highway 12, County Road 19 from Orono to Excelsior. <br />Other Public Uses of the Property <br />The DNR has located a wash rack for cleaning mussels off boats, trailers and other watercraft. The <br />wash rack is located north of the parking area and is used voluntarily by boat owners before boats <br />are placed into Lake Minnetonka. <br />The LMCD has used the property for storage of milfoil harvesters. The harvesters are currently <br />stored in a parking area where the salt/sand storage facility is proposed. Hennepin County will <br />continue to allow the LMCD to store the milfoil harvesters, but they will be relocated to a new <br />parking area that would be constructed at the northwest comer of the property. The LMCD has 4 <br />milfoil harvesters. <br />The large parking area between the existing building and the south property line has been used as <br />overflow parking for vehicles and boat trailers when the public landings are full. The overflow <br />parking would remain as a continued use. Overflow parking only occurs in the spring/summer/fall <br />mainly on weekends not to interfere with the winter road maintenance facility operation. <br />This application requires the following approvals: <br />1. <br />2. <br />Variance to permit hardcover alteration within the 500-1000 foot setback from the OHWL <br />of Lake Minnetonka. The proposed hardcover would result in a reduction of impervious <br />surface from 148,835 square feet (61%) to 138,188 square feet (57%). where 35% coverage <br />is allowed in the setback. (Section 10.22, Subdivision 2 and 10.56, Subdivision 16 (L) (2)) <br />Variance to permit the sand/salt storage facility to exceed the maximum allowed size for an <br />oversized accessory stmcture on a 6.65 acre lot. The Code permits a 2,400 square foot <br />oversized accessory stmcture on the property. The proposed building is 60 feet X 120 feet <br />in size, 7.200 square feet. The same section of the ordinance permits the total aggregate of <br />all accessory stmetures on this property is 4,800 square feet. According to the most recent <br />site plan, the total proposed square footage for accessory buildings is only the salt/sand <br />storage facility (7,200 square feet). (Section 10.03, Subdivision 9 (C) (2))